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. 2022 Feb 10;129(5):619–631. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac020

Table 4.

Linear Pearson correlation matrix of leaf structural traits

LMA LT LD X major X minor P major P minor S major S minor
LMA 1
LT 0.674 * 1
LD 0.156 -0.618 * 1
X major 0.841 ** 0.934 *** -0.348 1
X minor 0.694 * 0.878 *** -0.453 0.916 *** 1
P major 0.814 ** 0.929 *** -0.368 0.932 *** 0.765 ** 1
P minor 0.690 * 0.940 *** -0.515 0.924 *** 0.861 ** 0.906 *** 1
S major 0.823 ** 0.920 *** -0.360 0.983 *** 0.900 *** 0.924 *** 0.908 *** 1
S minor 0.716* 0.963 *** -0.531 0.950 *** 0.939 *** 0.884 *** 0.931 *** 0.915 *** 1

*P < 0.05,

** P < 0.01,

*** P < 0.001. LMA, leaf mass per area; LT, leaf thickness; LD, leaf density; Xmajor, total area of xylem conduits per major vein; Xminor, total area of xylem conduit per minor vein; Pmajor; phloem area per major vein; Pminor, phloem area per minor vein; Smajor, vascular bundle area of major vein; and Sminor, vascular bundle area of minor vein among rice genotypes.